Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert calls team meeting and tells his side they must learn to 'win ugly'

Paul Lambert admits Aston Villa must learn how to win ugly after holding a team meeting to lift the players for their Premier League survival mission.

Lambert summoned the squad together for a show of unity after the home defeat to Newcastle and they responded with a battling 3-3 draw at Everton.

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the Villa boss has warned that results are more important than performances during the claret and blues’ 13-match fight to avoid relegation.

They have not won in the league since the December 15 success at Liverpool and their past eight games have ended in five defeats and three draws.

Villa,
who are second-bottom, are desperate to add to their four league wins and 21-point tally against West Ham at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon. Lambert acknowledges the table makes grim viewing but with 39 points still to play for there is belief in the dressing room Villa will stay up.